Wet and Muddy Saturday Drive
It was a rainy Saturday, what better thing to do than take your topless (and windshield-less!!) Hot Rod out for a spin? I was caught in a downpour once, but I still enjoyed the drive. Other people must have thought I was crazy, though. I wore safety goggles (with yellow tint for that U2/Euro-homo look) which kept the rain out of my eyes but rain drops hitting your face at 50 or 60 mph still...
Test Run with the McCulloch Supercharger!
It was freakin’ awesome!!! The little 283 pulled the car around pretty good before, now its a little rocketship!! The way the engine runs is incredible, with more power on tap, it spins ‘em and goes sideways easy!! I drove the crap out of this thing and I disrupted the peace!! Wasn’t too cold, but it’s pretty windy without a windshield. Swung by a Kyle’s...
One Beat Model A
A carb rebuild finally make the beater-bucket much more drivable, and just in time for winter! These pictures should show you why exactly I’ve been looking for real roadster quarter panels. I’m a little hesitant to pack ‘em with bondo, but that might just have to do for now… I still haven’t driven it with the supercharger, either, but that’s probably...
My First Time Being Blown!
McCulloch Supercharged Chevy 283 This is it! I have been dinkin’ around with this McCulloch/Paxton junk for years, but tonight I actually made it happen! I had been mocking it up, finished up getting the new radiator ready to go on, and I said, “Awww….. what the hell!” I was really close, but I would have to fudge a few things temporarily; I loosen an re-clocked...
Another Paxton Supercharger Mockup
When I started screwing the Model A together again as a roadster, I cut out a bracket to bolt a Paxton Supercharger to the 283 in it. I didn’t have the time at the time to finish it up then, but I have to swap radiators and it would be easy to get to the front of it, I decided to play around with it. I needed to figure out some sort of drive setup for the supercharger. I’d...
Almost Road Worthy!
I’ve driven it a few times already, but it needed a little more timing, a little more exhaust baffling, and all around a little more work. Time for a few more test runs, two weeks until Model A Mike’s Mountain Ranch Get-Together! I would love to have a windshield in it, but we’ll see if that happens! Read More →
Recent Picture of the Model A
Yep, she runs and drives now, just needs a little more work to be more drivable. Read More →
There it goes again!!
The 1931 Ford Model A Roadster moves under its own power again for the first time in a year! Read More →
My Hot Rod – 1931 Ford Roadster
My Hot Rod – 1931 Ford Roadster Almost looking like a hot rod again! The Paxton supercharger is hung off a homemade steel bracket. The blower drive setup will be pretty easy, I’m going to run a single large V-belt for now. With the Paxton, the stock cam, and shitty heads the Engine Analyzer computer program estimates 403 HP @ 5600 RPM and 410 FT-LBs @ 4800 RPM. Sounds...
Uh oh…
My rough-as-a-corn cob Ford Coupe, with the SBC. Notice the chalk mark above the body line on the rear section of the body. Five minutes with a 4.5 cutoff wheel removes the head off this 77 year old Ford. I only wanted the rear section, so I removed the door jams without cutting ‘em up. The removed cab section. I’ll probably just end up selling it, but I think a neat little...